[lbo-talk] political surrealism and "postfordist" strategy

[Jim Devine]

Lakoff > feels that the American Left (in his very broadly defined
terms), unlike the Right, spends too much time trying to demonstrate
why this or that policy would be in the self-interest of a particular
group and too little time promoting ideals and values. <

The left traditionally distinguished between individual self-interest
and workers' collective (class) interests. The latter involved ideals
and values.

On the other hand, the business Right (pushing neo-liberal crony
capitalism) has an easy job in many cases, because class or collective
interests correspond closely with individual capitalist interests.
--
Jim Devine / Bust Big Brother Bush!

"There are no whole truths; all truths are half-truths. It is trying
to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil." -- Alfred North
Whitehead